HGEA Endorses Mazie Hirono for Senate

Given Mazie Hirono’s incredibly strong track record as a voice for working families, the Hawaii Government Employees Association has taken the bold step of endorsing her more than a year before Election Day. For the HGEA, early endorsements are rare and only given to those candidates who have demonstrated a solid record of support for Hawaii’s workers.

Now more than ever, we need leaders who will stand up for the middle-class and support bold, sensible solutions to put people back to work and put our nation back on track. That’s what I believe, it’s what the 28,000 HGEA workers I’m proud to represent believe, and it’s what middle-class families believe.

Of course, HGEA is not the only organization of Hawaii’s workers that is lending endorsements — and momentum — to Mazie’s campaign as she approaches Friday night’s critical campaign fundraising deadline. We’re proud to join workers from the Hawaii AFL-CIO, the Association of Professional Flight Attendants, Laborers Local 368, Seafarers, and the Hawaii Carpenters Union — as well as powerful progressive groups like EMILY’s List and the Council for a Livable World.

These organizations’ members see the same thing we see in Mazie: a strong voice for workers and the candidate who has the best chance of keeping Hawaii’s open Senate seat in Democratic hands.